A Brief History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download A Brief History Of The Vikings PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get A Brief History Of The Vikings book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A Brief History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Jonathan Clements
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-02-07
A Brief History Of The Vikings written by Jonathan Clements and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-07 with History categories.
'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.' Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans? This concise study puts medieval chronicles, Norse sagas and Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into ritual magic, genetic profiling and climatology. It includes biographical sketches of some of the most famous Vikings, from Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf, and King Canute to Leif the Lucky. It explains why the Danish king Harald Bluetooth lent his name to a twenty-first century wireless technology; which future saint laughed as she buried foreign ambassadors alive; why so many Icelandic settlers had Irish names; and how the last Viking colony was destroyed by English raiders. Extending beyond the traditional 'Viking age' of most books, A Brief History of the Vikings places sudden Scandinavian population movement in a wider historical context. It presents a balanced appraisal of these infamous sea kings, explaining both their swift expansion and its supposed halt. Supposed because, ultimately, the Vikings didn't disappear: they turned into us.
The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : University Press
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-05-21
The Vikings written by University Press and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with categories.
University Press returns with another short and captivating book - a brief history of the Vikings. The Vikings were those Norse people from southern Scandinavia who, from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries, raided, traded, explored, or settled their way across wide areas of Europe and even distant lands as far away as North America and the Middle East. Despite the persistent clichés of Vikings as violent, heathen savages, Norse civilization during the Viking age was technologically, militarily, and culturally advanced. This period of expansion witnessed a wide dissemination of Norse culture, while simultaneously introducing strong foreign cultural influences into Scandinavia itself, with profound implications for early medieval history in both directions. For example, Normans, descendants of Vikings who became rulers of Normandy in France, later formed the English aristocracy after the Norman conquest of England. This short book provides an abbreviated account of the sacred, mundane, noble, and savage practices and cultures of the Vikings - a version that you can read in about an hour.
A Short History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Karsten Gabrielsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Short History Of The Vikings written by Karsten Gabrielsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Vikings categories.
A History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Gwyn Jones
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
A History Of The Vikings written by Gwyn Jones and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Civilization, Viking categories.
A look at the ancient Scandinavian peoples.
A History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Sir Thomas D. Kendrick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-24
A History Of The Vikings written by Sir Thomas D. Kendrick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-24 with History categories.
First published in 1968. The barbarians of the distant and little-known north, of Scandinavia, that is, and of Denmark, became notorious in the ninth and tenth centuries as pests who plagued the outer fringes of the civilized This volume is an English narrative of the Vikings and their activities in the west, far north as well as east and south-east also.
A Brief History Of The Normans
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Francois Neveux
language : en
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Release Date : 2008-06-03
A Brief History Of The Normans written by Francois Neveux and has been published by Running Press Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-03 with History categories.
Quick and accessible introduction to a moment in history
Viking Warriors
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : University Press
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-04
Viking Warriors written by University Press and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-04 with categories.
University Press returns with three short and captivating books in one volume - a brief history of three Viking Warriors: Ragnar Lothbrok, Björn Ironside, and Ivar the Boneless. Book 1 - Ragnar Lothbrok Ragnar Lothbrok was a legendary Viking. A warrior king whose exploits in battle won him the fierce loyalty of his people (and the name "Shaggy-Breeches"), he and his armies sowed terror as they invaded their way across 9th-century Europe. The story of Ragnar Lothbrok's life emerges from the misty depths of the early Middle Ages in the form of a rich oral tradition of Norse legend. He may be remembered for plundering cities, but upon his death he left behind new trade routes throughout Europe and many sons who would carry on their father's traditions. Book 2 - Björn Ironside Björn Ironside was a legendary Norse warrior king. Stories handed down in oral tradition for centuries, and later recorded by monks, tell the tale of a powerful Viking who set out to conquer Rome. Björn Ironside was a member of a Viking family well-known for striking fear in the hearts of their enemies. Together with his father, Ragnar Lothbrok, and his brother, Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside ventured out to explore, trade, loot, and pillage on a global scale. Book 3 - Ivar the Boneless Ivar the Boneless was so frail that he could not even stand without somebody holding him up, and he had to be carried on a shield whenever he went into battle. Yet he went on to become one of the most feared Vikings in history. Ivar the Boneless led the Great Heathen Army on its conquest of England and ushered in an era of Viking domination over Britain that would last until long after his death. To the terrorized British, he was a pagan demon sent from hell. To the proud Vikings, he was a living god with supernatural powers. Each of these three books tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.
The Oxford Illustrated History Of The Vikings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : P. H. Sawyer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
Release Date : 2001
The Oxford Illustrated History Of The Vikings written by P. H. Sawyer and has been published by Oxford Illustrated History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Were the Vikings, as an early description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or in the words of a Manx folksong, "war-wolves keen in hungry quest', who lived and died by the sea and the sword? Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer explorers? This book considers the latest research and presents an authoritative account of the Vikings and their age. Excavations as far apart as Dublin and Newfoundland, York and Russia, provide fascinating archaeological evidence, expertly interpreted in this extensively illustrated book.
Children Of Ash And Elm
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Neil Price
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Children Of Ash And Elm written by Neil Price and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with History categories.
The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.
The Vikings In History
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : F. Donald Logan
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2005
The Vikings In History written by F. Donald Logan and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Updated with important new research, archaeological findings and debates, this third edition of F. Donald Logan's successful examination of the Vikings, and their role in history, is a key text in the study of this fascinating era.